Diamonds an enduring passion for Gren Thomas
Even though prospecting for diamonds in Canada no longer elicits the electrifying buzz of the 1990s when juniors were uncovering the country’s first diamond mines, the rationale for exploration is…
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Diamonds in Canada Editorial: The next diamond boom
We’ve timed the release of our June issue to coincide with Diamonds in Canada’s first-ever event. The inaugural Diamonds in Canada Symposium, hosted by The Northern Miner, will take place…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 109: Diamond outlook brightens ft Paul Zimnisky and SRK’s Hetman & Jakubec
Fresh from The Northern Miner‘s inaugural Diamonds in Canada Symposium in Toronto in mid-June, we present a featured talk by New York City-based analyst Paul Zimnisky on the encouraging supply…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 108: Time for a fresh look at the NWT?
Are Canada’s Northwest Territories a prime destination for the world’s mineral explorers and developers? While the NWT may have gained a reputation a decade ago as having become too bureaucratic…
Editorial: De Beers enters synthetic diamond jewellery market
In a milestone moment for traditional diamond miners, De Beers Group has launched a new company named “Lightbox Jewelry” that will exclusively produce and sell laboratory-grown diamond jewellery, using technology…
The Northern Miner presents: Diamonds in Canada Symposium in Toronto on June 11
With feature speakers Eira Thomas, Grenville Thomas, and Matt Manson, The Northern Miner is pleased to once again bring the mining community together with a special Diamonds in Canada Symposium to be…
Peregrine Diamonds boosts resource at Chidliak
A resource update has brought the combined inferred resource of just two of 74 known kimberlites to 22 million carats at Peregrine Diamonds’ (TSX: PGD) Chidliak project on Baffin Island. “This…
Mountain Province to acquire Kennady Diamonds in all-share friendly deal
Mountain Province Diamonds (TSX: MPVD; NASDAQ: MPVD), which owns 49% of the Gahcho Kue diamond mine in the Northwest Territories, plans to acquire Kennady Diamonds (TSXV: KDI), whose Kennady North…
BC, Yukon & NWT Snapshot: 8 juniors on the move
Canada’s westernmost province and two territories have long attracted mineral explorers and developers lured by the region’s rich natural endowment, substantial infrastructure and pro-mining government policies. The following is a…
Editorial: US gov’t slaps sanctions on Israeli mogul Dan Gertler
On Dec. 20, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order under the year-old Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act and related acts to block the property of 13 “malign…
Peregrine tests underground potential of CH-6
Peregrine Diamonds (TSX: PGD) completed an $8.5-million summer work program at its Chidliak project, 120 km northeast of Iqaluit, this year focused on expanding resources at the CH-6 kimberlite. The…
North Arrow advances Naujaat
North Arrow Minerals (TSXV: NAR) completed a $3.2-million exploration program this summer at its Naujaat project, in Nunavut, focused on advancing it towards a preliminary economic assessment. The work at…